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Accessory Digestive Organs Flashcards

1
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Three pairs of salivary glands empty their secretions into the mouth: (3)

A
  • Parotid gland
  • Submandibular glands
  • Small sublingual glands
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2
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Glands that lie interior to the ears

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Parotid glands

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3
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The inflammation of the parotid glands

A

Mumps

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4
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What 2 glands empty their secretions into the floor of the mouth through tiny ducts? (2)

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  • Submandibular
  • Sublingual
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5
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The product of the salivary glands, a mixture of __ and serous fluids (2)

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  • Saliva
  • mucous
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6
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The food mucus moistens and helps to bind together into a mass called a:

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bolus

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7
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Bolus makes __ and __ easier (2)

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  • chewing
  • swallowing
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8
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The clear serous portion contains this enzyme, which begins the breakdown of __ in the mouth (2)

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  • Salivary amylase
  • carbohydrates
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9
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Saliva also contains substances such as __ and __ (2)

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  • lysozyme
  • antibodies
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10
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Substances in saliva (lysozyme and antibodies) inhibit bacteria giving it a __ function

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protective

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11
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Saliva __ food chemicals so food can be tasted

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dissolves

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12
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Teeth are used to __, done by opening and closing the jaw and moving the lower jaw from __ to __ while continually using the __ to move the food between our teeth (3)

A
  • masticate
  • side to side
  • tongue
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13
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In the process, the teeth __ and __ the food, breaking it down into __ fragments (3)

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  • tear
  • grind
  • smaller
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14
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Usually by age 21, __ sets of teeth have formed

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two

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15
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First set (baby teeth)

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Deciduous teeth

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16
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Deciduous teeth begin to erupt around __ months of age and a baby has a full set of __ teeth by age __ years (3)

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  • 6
  • 20
  • 2
17
Q

Deciduous teeth begin to have their roots __, and deeper permanent teeth and enlarging and __ (2)

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  • reabsorbed
  • developing
18
Q

Between the ages of __ and __, the deciduous teeth loosen and __ __ (3)

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  • 6
  • 12
  • fall out
19
Q

All of the permanent, except the __ molars, have erupted by the end of __ (2)

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  • third
  • adolescence
20
Q

The third molars, also called the __ teeth, emerge later, between the ages of __ and __ (3)

A
  • wisdom
  • 17 and 25
21
Q

There are __ permanent teeth in the adult mouth

A

32

22
Q

Sixteen on the __ arch and sixteen on the __ arch (2)

A
  • maxillary
  • mandibular
23
Q

In a number of cases, the 3rd molars fail to erupt, become__, or erupt at an angle that can cause __ to the teeth. When this happens, the wisdom teeth are usually __ (3)

A
  • impacted
  • harm
  • extracted
24
Q

Teeth are classified by__ : __ are adapted for cutting, __ are for tearing or piercing

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  • shape
  • incisors
  • canines
25
Q

__ - bicuspids, and __ : have broad crowns and rounded cusps (tips), are best suited for grinding (2)

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  • Premolars
  • molars
26
Q

The tooth consists of two major regions: the __ and the __ (2)

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  • crown
  • root
27
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The enamel covered art that is exposed about the gingival (__) (2)

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  • Enamel
  • gum
28
Q

The hardest substance in the body

A

enamel

29
Q

Embedded in the jawbone

A

root

30
Q

Covers the outer surface of the root, attaches the tooth to the __ membrane (ligament) (2)

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  • cementum
  • periodontal
31
Q

The periodontal ligament holds the tooth in place in the boney __

A

jaw

32
Q

Bone-like material, underlies the enamel, forms the bulk of the tooth, surrounds the central pulp cavity

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dentin

33
Q

Pulp cavity contains: connective __, Blood __, and nerve __, collectively called __ (4)

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  • tissue
  • vessels
  • endings
  • pulp
34
Q

Supplies nutriends to the tooth tissues, provides for tooth sensations

A

pulp

35
Q

__ __ - where the pulp cavity extends into the root, provides a rout for __ __ and __, other pulp __ to enter the pulp cavity of the tooth (4)

A
  • Root canal
  • Blood vessels
  • Nerves
  • structures

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